NIKOLAY MYASKOVSKY

 

Symphony No. 24 in F minor, Op. 63

   I. Allegro deciso - 12:38

   II. Molto sostenuto - 11:04

   III. Allegro appassionato - 11:14

 

Symphony No. 25 in D flat major, Op. 69

   I. Adagio - 12:36

   II. Moderato - 04:31

   III. Allegro impetuoso - 13:40

 

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky

 

Like most Soviet composers, Myaskovsky was evacuated during the Second World War, and thus it was in the Kirgiz capital Frunze that the news of the death of Vladimir Derzhanovsky reached him in September 1942. This was a severe blow, because he had not only been working closely together with this eminent musicologist and publisher of the periodical Muzyka for many years (for example contributing articles to the journal), but they had also become close friends, and it was thus natural for him to dedicate his Symphony No. 24 in F minor, Op. 63, to Derzhanovsky's memory.

 

The Symphony No. 25 in D flat major, Op. 69, is Myaskovsky's first large post-war orchestral work. He did not begin composing it until a year after the armistice, the reason being that his health had deteriorated severely and that he had in the meantime spent some time at a health resort. The initial sketches were written in the summer of 1946, and on 6th March, 1947

 

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